Looks like our little babies are famous! They were in an article in today's Global and Mail (in Canada) which pretty much sums it up, except for a slight misquote about not knowing how dangerous it could be at the end:
Meanwhile, in the blogosphere, heart-wrenching tales of life with sick multiples are rampant.
Connecticut couple Christine and Ted Yang began blogging last year when, after their first cycle of taking low-level fertility drugs, Christine, in her early 30s, became pregnant with triplets.
"We were completely in shock. Never was there a discussion of anything higher than twins," recalled Ms. Yang, a technology consultant. "Right away, the doctors started talking to us about our options, the statistics and dangers." The risks scared the Yangs. They mulled over reducing the pregnancy, but ultimately decided not to.
"It was sort of a magical thing. We didn't plan on it, but all of a sudden we had three potential children and it was sort of exciting," Ms. Yang said. "We knew it might be tough, but we just decided to do it."
Things got tough fast when Ms. Yang was admitted to hospital around the fifth month of her pregnancy. She was able to stave off labour until her 24th week, when her 1.5-pound babies, Sofia, Daniel and Raymond, arrived.
Each of them needed help breathing. Within a week, tiny Raymond suffered an infection and massive brain bleed, common in extremely premature babies. On Sept. 11, 2008, he died.
In the months since, the Yangs have had ups, but also downs. While Daniel came home from the hospital before Christmas, Sofia remains there indefinitely with a trachea implanted to help her breathe.
"I'm sort of on autopilot survival mode," Ms. Yang said. "I don't think the statistics truly prepared us for the emotional reality. ... I think until it happened to us, we didn't know that it could be this dangerous," she said.
"The first time I held any of my babies was to say goodbye to my son Raymond as he passed away. It is something that no mother should have to go through."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.cover07/BNStory/Front/?pageRequested=all
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All family member of "The Yang Triplets" became famous with an artical in " Global and Mail " which I am very famaliar with it and read that newspaper almost every day during my Graduate Studies in Canada. I want to visit their website to read entire content of that artical. I also want to notify my brother Charles who is in Canada and did talk and advise to Ted during this event and check on this Blog almost everyday to see how Sofia and Daniel are making progress ?
GrandPa YANG
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